Form-belt.



A. E. HANNAN.

FORM BELT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1913. 1, 1 1 5,927, Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Imwmor THE NORRIS PETERS Co.. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. u. C.

ANNA E. HANNAN, 0F ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.

FRMfBELT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Application filed September 20, 1913. Serial No. 790,830.

To allzu/10mi?? may concern Be it known that I, ANNA E. I-IANNAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at At-v lantic City, in thecounty of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in yForm- Belts, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in form belts, and the object of myinvention is to provide a belt for shaping or forming the dress or gownat the waist, giving to the garment the natural curve of the body at thewaist line and sustaining the strains, relieving the goods thereof.

The invention consists in certainy novel features of construction andcombinationsl and arrangements of parts as will be more fullyhereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a view in elevation with partsbroken away illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in transversesection through the garment and belt at the waist line. Fig. 3 is abroken plan view of the belt, and Fig. l is a view in vertical sectionthrough the belt and garmentat the waist line on the line l-Jl of Fig.2.

l represents adress or gown, and 2 my improved belt composed ofinelastic material, which is secured to the inner face of the dress orgown at the waist line by lines of stitching 3. These lines of stitchingterminate short of the meeting point of the gown, and short of the endsof the belt, so that the ends of the belt are free for manipulation andmay be readily secured together or released.

I have illustrated as fastening means ordinary hooks and eyes l, butwould have it understood that I may use any form of fastening device.

The belt 2 is provided throughout its length with a plurality of curvedplaits 5, said plaits secured by two lines of stitching 6 and 7, oneline of stitching at a right angle tothe belt, and the other line ofstitching in an arc of, a circle conforming in outline to the outline ofthe plait.' As many of these plaits may be provided as desired to giveto the belt a curvature in cross section conforming to the natural curveof the body and compelling the gown to lie smoothly at the waist.

At the ends of the belt, straight folds or seams 8 are preferablyprovided so that the belt at its ends is straight in transverse difmension, but between its ends is curved in its transverse dimension;vvThis is desirable because gowns as ordinarily made have a straightfront, but curve at other points throughout the waist line, so that thebelt assumes e a natural position in accordance with the form ofthebody, andsustains all of the strains without in any manner wrinkling thegarment. y

The belt is designed to be permanently attached to the dress or gown,and gives to the gown at the waist line the shape desired withoutstretchingvor wrinkling the goods.

Various slight changesfmight be made in the general form and arrangementof parts f described without departing from my invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such changes and alteraF tions as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: A form belt of t-he character described,having a longitudinal series of curved plaits, each plait held inposition by a straight and a curved line of stitching, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nam@ to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

v ANNA. DE. HANNAN.

Witnesses:

GODEREY S. MAHN, CHAS. E. Porre.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive oents each, by addressingthe A Commissioner of :Patente` Washington, D. G.

